EPPO Global Database

Grablovirus vitis(GRBAV0)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/219) : detected for the first time in 2022, in South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria, but only in grapevine collection material.
References
INTERNET
- Agriculture Victoria (2022-09-25) Grapevine red blotch detections. https://agriculture.vic.gov.au/biosecurity/moving-plants-and-plant-products/biosecurity-updates/grapevine-red-blotch-virus-detections
- Vine Health Australia. Industry Notice (2022-09-16). Grapevine red blotch virus detections: your questions answered. https://vinehealth.com.au/wp-content/uploads/VHA-Industry-Notice-GRBV-QA-V1.pdf

* Kinene T, Taylor AS, Fennessy R, Coutts BA, Lovelock D, Wang C, Kaur K, Tran T, Rodoni B, Constable FE, Kehoe MA (2025) First detection and tracing of grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV) in Australia using tiled amplicon sequencing. Archives of Virology 170(8), 177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-025-06366-7